Thanks to a recommendation from a store clerk at a local comic book shop, I got a chance to read one of the hottest comic books on the market today. Written by Al Ewing, and Illustrated by Joe Bennet, I am reviewing the first 13 issues of The Immortal Hulk. Bruce Banner is back whether he likes it or not; but something has changed within Bruce. At night he becomes something dark, something horrific.. And that is the Immortal Hulk.
I have read some creepy stories throughout my life but seeing The Hulk in a Darker, Horrific tone is unsettling. Al Ewing has shown that Hulk may have the brawn and the brains but he can also have a dark side. With each issue, we see that there is something different with this version of the Hulk. He is shrouded in mystery and acts different from the last time we have seen him. Ever since the events of Civil War II, Hawkeye carried out Banner’s request, by being shot with a gamma-irradiated vibranium arrow through the brain. It was assumed that Hulk was dead, until now.
Ewing doesn’t get all of the credit in showing how horrific The Hulk can be. Artist Joe Bennett brings out Bruce’s turmoil and Hulk’s presence out incredibly well. Bennet Illustrative work shows Banner may have had lived a tortured life, but he also shows that he can take what anyone dishes out.
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The battles throughout these issues, ‘whoa’ was the only phrase I could think of describing them, whether it be with Sasquatch, the Absorbing man… It is absolutely without a doubt a hellish joyride of a story to read.
You can read the first 13 issues in the brand-new omnibus from Marvel Entertainment, available now on Amazon.
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